From Worldometer (new COVID-19 deaths yesterday):
DAY USA WORLD Brazil India South Africa
June 9 1093 4732 1185 246 82
July 22 1205 7128 1293 1120 572
Aug 12 1504 6556 1242 835 130
Sept 9 1208 6222 1136 1168 82
Oct 21 1225 6849 571 703 85
Nov 25 2304 12025 620 518 118
Dec 30 3880 14748 1224 299 465
Jan 14 4142 15512 1151 189 712
Feb 3 4005 14265 1209 107 398
Mar 2 1989 9490 1726 110 194
April 6 906 11787 4211 631 37
May 4 853 13667 3025 3786 59
June 1 287 10637 2346 3205 95
July 7 251 8440 1595 817 411
Aug 4 656 10120 1118 532 423
Sept 22 2228 9326 839 279 124
29 2190 8859 643 309 108
Oct 6 2102 8255 543 315 59
19 2005 7528 401 160 80
27 1594 8671 433 734 62
Nov 3 1436 7830 186 458 23
24 1594 8270 176 396 22
Dec 1 1633 8475 266 477 28
8 1324 7894 231 159 36
17 1653 7359 126 289 35
22 1634 7686 137 434 99
23 1149 6942 100 374 75
29 1777 7393 147 268 81
30 1354 6758 154 220 126
Jan 5 1802 7551 133 325 110
6 2143 7161 171 302 45
Summary:
- The USA is back to those days of this past fall in new deaths.
- Still, though, half of what it was a year ago.
- The only two locations with total cases/million less than 100,000 (U.S. average is 178, 368) are now suffering:
- Hawaii broke our previous high with 4,789 new cases yesterday, or 3421/million.
- Puerto Rico had 14,560 new cases, or 4282/million.
- However Rhode Island had 6918 new cases, or 6526/million and New York with the most new cases yesterday, is at 4471/million.
- Several countries in Europe are in the 4,000-5,000 new cases/million level.
- In terms of total cases/million:
- World 38,577
- U.S. 178,368
- India 25,152
- France 204,822
- Indonesia 15,346
- Bangladesh 9,511
- Pakistan 5,717
- South Korea 12,736
- Japan 13,816
- China 72
- Lithuania 199,945
- Slovenia 230,291
- Ethiopia 3,689
- Egypt 3,708
- Nigeria 1,151
- Sudan 1,045
- Afghanistan 3,932
I suspect those countries around and including India do not count well, and it's not that they are getting few COVID-19 cases. Even worse for Africa. The Orient locations no doubt are accurate, and still low. You got to wonder what are Europe and the U.S. doing wrong.
The New York Times this morning had an interesting graphic. The thickness represents number of cases/day:
The lines (dotted line is the project for this month of January 2022) represent months since the pandemic began, the horizontal axis is day of the month and the vertical axis is total cases increasing for the month. The lower dark line is January of 2021. In other words, OMG, this Omicron variant is awesome. GET BOOSTED AS FAST AS YOU CAN. Not vaccinated? You're in deep trouble.
Now, on to my topic of the day, which is a mix of various news items to take you into the weekend. I grew up in Kakaako and once only spoke Pigeon English. But you can guess what mo dis and dat means.
Two interesting developments about 6January2021:
- Former Vice President Mike Pence apparently is cooperating with House committee investigation. At least his close staff is working closely with Congress, providing just the right kind of information to nail Trump.
- Finally, President Joe Biden yesterday unloaded on Donald Trump. Here is a 5-minute You Tube clip. Said Biden:
The former president of the United States of America has created and spread a web of lies about the 2020 election. He has done so because he values power over principle, because he sees his own interest as more important than his country's interest, than America's interest, and because his bruised ego matters more to him than our democracy or our Constitution, he can't accept he lost.
This issue will linger on for some time to come. Donald Trump is clearly warped, but what is wrong with the conventional Republican party? Here are a few other points of view:
Opinion Conversation
The Uncomfortable Lessons of Jan. 6
- The editorial board argues that the threat to the country didn’t end with the storming of the Capitol.
- Jimmy Carter warns that America’s democracy is at stake, and outlines the changes the country must make if it is to endure. (That's him around the time I worked in the U.S. Senate.)
- Jedediah Britton-Purdy writes that the events of the 6th couldn’t have happened in a real democracy.
- Rebecca Solnit writes that Republicans are telling themselves increasingly brazen lies — and believing them.
- Noah Millman argues that not only are laws powerless to end a crisis of legitimacy — they might make it worse.
- Osita Nwanevu makes the case that the damage done to our electoral system was ultimately self-inflicted.
- Francis Fukuyama warns that the ripple effects of a shaky transfer of power in America will be felt around the world.
Here is something almost too good to be true. At a cost of $10, a Taco Lover's Pass app can be used to redeem one of seven tacos from Taco Bell/day for a month. This is in celebration of their 60th anniversary. Get the app by clicking on this.
BMW has a concept car that can change colors with the press of a button. While the current one can only be adjusted in shades of gray, some day, who knows. This feature can save energy, for you would want a white car during the summer to reflect off sunlight to improve the performance of your air conditioner, or black to absorb sunlight in the winter. Maybe in the future, any color you want. The surface has millions of tiny capsules, where electric currents determine the shade. They are working on accident-free performance.
Coke and Pepsi have announced spiked can drinks, Coke initially using Fresca, and Pepsi Mountain Dew. The alcoholic content will be around that of beer, 5%. The canned alcoholic brew genre jumped 53% last year.
Why not immediately jump into Coke and Pepsi? I guess it might have to do with, oh no, another failure to their symbol.
Were you planning to party at the Rio Carnival this year? Sorry, but the street parties have again been cancelled. However, last year there also were no parades. They are on this year schedule beginning on February 25.
What about Mardi Gras in New Orleans? Heck, they had their first parade already, yesterday. Watch the Joan of Arc Mardi Gras parade in the French Quarter. When it's over, there will have been 40 or so processions. Fat Tuesday this year is on March 1, when the parades climax with five of them. In addition to all those other traditional dishes, the #1 item is King Cake, covered with purple, green and gold.
I spent almost four years in Louisiana and enjoyed Pat's Hurricane, still own a few bead necklaces tossed from those floats and would like to experience one more. Maybe in 2023, when Fat Tuesday occurs on February 21. That is not my concoction, but from Pat O'Brien's, and is rum, lime/orange juice, passion fruit puree, grenadine and syrup. Kind of sweet, but a giant glass is only $8.50, and you keep it. I had one until recently when I had to throw away all kinds of stuff to downsize.
Watch Jeopardy? You know that Amy Schneider is the show's highest-earning female. Well, sort of, as she is transgender. She was just robbed in Oakland by two armed assailants of her ID, credit cards and phone. Said she couldn't sleep. Will this affect her performance? Apparently not, for she won last night, has a streak of 27 days, and is close to winning a million dollars. Perhaps tonight.
Ever own a Blackberry? Once the status symbol of celebrities, like President Barack Obama, from January 4 that device now no longer works. There were 80 million active users of that mobile telephone device a decade ago. Ever wonder what happened to the company? They gave up on phones and are now a software company into intelligent security.
About Obama, he quickly got a Blackberry after becoming president, then had it take away, then got it back, and nearly eight years later upgraded to a smartphone, a "hardened" Samsung Galaxy S4. Meaning that for security reasons, he couldn't really do much with it.
The Honolulu sunsets the past two evenings have been spectacular, featuring green flashes each night.
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